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How It Really Happened with Jesse L. Martin

Original title: How It Really Happened with Hill Harper
  • TV Series
  • 2016–
  • TV-PG
  • 42m
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7.2/10
309
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How It Really Happened with Jesse L. Martin (2016)
HLN dives into the deepest, darkest, gruesome mysteries and murders of the past. What really happened and how did it all play out?
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HLN dives into the deepest, darkest, gruesome mysteries and murders of the past. What really happened and how did it all play out?HLN dives into the deepest, darkest, gruesome mysteries and murders of the past. What really happened and how did it all play out?HLN dives into the deepest, darkest, gruesome mysteries and murders of the past. What really happened and how did it all play out?

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    • Hill Harper
    • Jesse L. Martin
    • Ian Halperin
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    • Stars
      • Hill Harper
      • Jesse L. Martin
      • Ian Halperin
    • 23User reviews
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    Hill Harper
    Hill Harper
    • Self - Host
    • 2017–2021
    Jesse L. Martin
    Jesse L. Martin
    • Self - Host
    • 2017–2024
    Ian Halperin
    • Self
    • 2017–2019
    Jean Casarez
    Jean Casarez
    • Self
    • 2017–2018
    Jim Moret
    Jim Moret
    • Self
    • 2017–2019
    Drew Pinsky
    Drew Pinsky
    • Self
    • 2017
    Don Lemon
    Don Lemon
    • Self
    • 2017
    Jane Velez-Mitchell
    Jane Velez-Mitchell
    • Self
    • 2017
    Beth Karas
    Beth Karas
    • Self…
    • 2017–2022
    Mark Geragos
    Mark Geragos
    • Self…
    • 2017
    Sara Sidner
    Sara Sidner
    • Self
    • 2017–2021
    Anthony DeCurtis
    Anthony DeCurtis
    • Self
    • 2017–2021
    Casey Jordan
    Casey Jordan
    • Self - Criminologist…
    • 2017–2020
    Alisyn Camerota
    Alisyn Camerota
    • Self
    • 2017–2019
    Erik Menendez
    Erik Menendez
    • Self - The Menendez Brother
    • 2017
    Lyle Menendez
    Lyle Menendez
    • Self - The Menendez Brother
    • 2017
    Scott Peterson
    Scott Peterson
    • Self
    • 2017
    Diane Dimond
    Diane Dimond
    • Self
    • 2017
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    6pjbruggs

    Audio and visual issues

    Love the show but the audio and visual skipping is really annoying please fix this issue asap
    2eddiecarolan

    Back ground music too loud

    I think the program content is very interesting, however, the back ground music is so loud I can barely hear what people are saying. Guaranteed to give you a pounding headache!!.
    6tammyaphillips

    Could have been much better

    The one-part episodes were interesting and, at times, informative. Presentations about The Jenny Jones Show, Michael Jordan's father's murder along with the ones about Prince's and David Cassidy's passings were fine. But some of the two-part episodes were so repetitive; could have been done in one. The Oklahoma City bombing and the Elizabeth Smart Kidnapping episodes were outrageously redundant. I suggest you go to part two immediately; you will not be missing anything. Hill Harper was a very professional host. But. Jesse Martin often looked like he was going to laugh. Talented actor is he, but was not a good host.
    5missysguy

    Too loud!

    Why do they have such loud background music. You can barely hear the narrato . STUPID !!!
    8sarahjeanlost

    Archive footage

    There is some, but would like to see more. The beginning of the series had a bunch of it. Re-enactments are kinda dull.

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      • September 30, 2016 (United States)
    • Country of origin
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    • Language
      • English
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